First Friday Giveaway for June

It’s the first Friday in June and it’s June 1. I think it’s a sign that June is going to be a GREAT month! (This particular pairing of a first Friday on the very first day of the month won’t happen again until February 2019.)

This month’s giveaway includes an adorable plush great white shark named Gilbert and his very own picture book titled “Gilbert the Great.” The book explores a close friendship that suddenly changes when one friend moves far away with his family. This month’s prize also includes a new pack of colorful fine-tip markers, which are guaranteed to make paper grading more fun in the fall!

To enter for a chance to win this “shark-tacular” prize, leave your answer to the question below in the comment section. Be sure to do this before midnight, June 10.

What is your favorite ocean animal?

Check out these six shark facts!

•Sharks have eyelids. (I can’t say I’ll be checking this out anytime soon!)

• Sharks can only swim forward. (Interesting!)

• Sharks’ eyes are located on the sides of their head so they can have a better view of their surroundings. (Insert the theme music from the movie Jaws….)

• Sharks have the thickest skin of any animal species. Some sharks have skin up to six inches thick! (No wonder they don’t get wrinkles!)

• Sharks do not have vocal chords. They make no sound. (It’s new classroom management strategy: Be silent like a shark!)

• There are almost 50 different shark species that glow in the dark. These sharks use light-emitting organs called photospheres. (Who knew?)

Dolphins for me!

Diane

PS:Get your students outdoors for some fresh-air fun. Click here for super-cute activities.

As a child, my brother was obsessed with sharks. He carried around a kleenex box full of sharks that he drew and I would be forced to pull a shark out of the box and listen to my brother ramble facts about that shark. Now, many decades later, I have a vast knowledge of sharks from him and him forcing me to watch PBS specials about sharks. My students love when I share all this knowledge with them!

My class has really taken a shine to sea turtles. I love teaching about any ocean creature but sea turtles are fascinating. I like to introduce them right after Earth Day because there are lots of conservation issues that can be covered regarding the health and safety of sea turtles. This is always a class favorite!

The Dolphins. I remember watching a TV series back a few years ago with a Dolphin called “Flipper”. I got to see see them up close on a Caribbean Cruise with my daughter and the Girl Scouts. Also saw them at the Dolphin Show at Brookfield,Zoo in Chicago, Illinois.

Our favorite (my son and I) love dolphins! I teach kinder at the school he just graduated Kindergarten at and our school mascot is “Finley the dolphin!” Our motto for our school is “We can’t hide our dolphin pride!” He would love to win the shark and story as he has also become a strong reader while in kinder and we are so proud!

The ocean is full of so many wonderful creatures. I sure love the white shark and sea stars and my little guys LOVES all sharks! He made up a shark, ‘The Rainbow Pickle Ahark’ who Lives in the waters off of Africa.

My favorite ocean animal is the star fish. I love echinoderms! The kid in me still thinks that it is amazingly cool that they shoot out their stomachs to eat. How impressive would that be on a dinner date?!

I really like dolphins because they are very intelligent. I do happen to have a fondness for sharks as well because they are the mascot at my school that I teach at so that is why I would love to have this book to enjoy with my students!

My favorite ocean animal is a dolphin, because dolphins are very intelligent, empathetic animals. They can communicate with and understand each other. And, they can also communicate with people. They seem very curious as well. Here is a video telling how intelligent dolphins are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05PpTqtGhGU .

Dolphins have always been my favorite… but sea turtles too. When my husband and I were on our honeymoon in Hawaii we were snorkeling and these giant sea turtles (2 or 3 of them) swam right by us. It was amazing.

Basking sharks are very interesting. I found out about them when I was modeling an ocean animal report for my 3rd graders. I still have the PowerPoint that accompanied it and show it to my new classes each year. Their gill rakers are what stands out in my mind.

I love watching baby sea turtles emerge from their nest and make their long journey toward the ocean. I have been lucky to see this happen on several occasions in Emerald Isle, NC over the years. Emerald Isle is a sea turtle sanctuary! ????❤

So hard to chose. I think dolphins are my personal favorite. However we are having the best time with the Baby Shark song. It’s kind of turned into a game among my adult friends to randomly sing it to cause an ear worm. I like to do the dance remix.

It’s hard to name just 1 favorite sea animal… so here are my favorites
Seahorse, starfish, sea turtles and dolphins
My sons favorite is the sea otter. I don’t know where he got this love from but if there is a otter exhibit anywhere near us we have to go see the otters. We actually went to the mountains of N.C. because there is an otter exhibit at the western nature museum.

My favorite sea animals are sea turtles. We were excited to get to see a nest just hatching from a dune on our vacation one year. It was so much fun, but oh what a struggle to get to the water!! Cutest little things ever!

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